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Joey JohnstonThe Tampa Tribune (Tampa, FL)
E-mail: JJohnston@tampatrib.com
Twitter: @JJohnstonTBO
About: Joey Johnston of the Tampa Tribune has covered sports in the Tampa Bay area for more than three decades. The Super Bowl, World Series, the Stanley Cup Finals, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open are among the events on his career resume, but college basketball has been a particular interest. Johnston has covered NCAA men's basketball tournament events from coast-to-coast, including 11 editions of the Final Four. Johnston spearheaded the Tribune's coverage of the 1999 Final Four at St. Petersburg, Fla.


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Jan 26, 2015Week 12 Rankings for Joey Johnston
1Kentucky (64)
19-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 64 Voters
Lowest: 2 - John Feinstein
1624
Points
2Virginia (1)
19-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - John Feinstein
Lowest: 2 - 64 Voters
1561
Points
3Gonzaga
20-1Actual: 3
Highest: 3 - 53 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Andrew Carter
1476
Points
4Duke
17-2Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Randy Rosetta
1402
Points
5Wisconsin
18-2Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Aaron Brenner
1351
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
6Wichita State
18-2Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Joey Johnston
Lowest: 18 - Seth Davis
893
Points
7Kansas
16-3Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 13 - Soren Petro
1120
Points
8Arizona
18-2Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Jason Smith
1300
Points
9Louisville
16-3Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1027
Points
10Villanova
18-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Dick Vitale
1187
Points
11Notre Dame
19-2Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1139
Points
12Utah
16-3Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Terry Toohey
Lowest: 15 - Cormac Gordon
996
Points
13North Carolina
16-4Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Randy Rosetta
Lowest: 17 - Dave Borges
878
Points
14Northern Iowa
18-2Actual: 18
Highest: 14 - Joey Johnston
Lowest: 25 - 2 Voters
440
Points
15VCU
16-3Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Ben Frederickson
Lowest: 21 - Ron Morris
734
Points
16Texas
14-5Actual: 19
Highest: 16 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
431
Points
17Maryland
18-3Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 19 - 4 Voters
715
Points
18Iowa State
14-4Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: 19 - Ben Frederickson
719
Points
19Georgetown
14-5Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
334
Points
20West Virginia
16-3Actual: 17
Highest: 15 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
558
Points
21Baylor
15-4Actual: 20
Highest: 16 - Brian Howell
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
407
Points
22Indiana
15-5Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
165
Points
23Arkansas
15-4Actual: 27
Highest: 19 - Ron Morris
Lowest: NR - 49 Voters
54
Points
24Miami (FL)
14-5Actual: 23
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 21 Voters
164
Points
25Colorado State
18-2Actual: 26
Highest: 20 - Daniel Shirley
Lowest: NR - 44 Voters
57
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-Oklahoma25-Butler